amurca
English
Etymology
Noun
amurca (plural amurcas)
- The sediment in olive oil.
Translations
sediment in olive oil
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀμόργη (amórgē), from ἀμέργω (amérgō, “pluck, pull”).
Noun
amurca f (genitive amurcae); first declension
- The watery part that flows out in pressing olives, the lees or dregs of oil
- 200s, Quintus Gargilius Martialis De arboribus pomiferis 1. 1 ed. Angelo Mai Operis deperditi de hortis Fragmenta ex codicibus Neapolitano et Romano cum scholiis palaeographicis et adnotationibus Rome 1846 p. 58
- Sunt qui figularem cretam cum amurca subigunt, soleque siccatis cydoneis inliniri existimant, si in loco sicco et frigido reponantur.
- There are those who mix potter clay with amurca and hold it to be daubed on quinces when they are set up in a dry and cold stead.
- 200s, Quintus Gargilius Martialis De arboribus pomiferis 1. 1 ed. Angelo Mai Operis deperditi de hortis Fragmenta ex codicibus Neapolitano et Romano cum scholiis palaeographicis et adnotationibus Rome 1846 p. 58
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | amurca | amurcae |
Genitive | amurcae | amurcārum |
Dative | amurcae | amurcīs |
Accusative | amurcam | amurcās |
Ablative | amurcā | amurcīs |
Vocative | amurca | amurcae |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: morca
- Dalmatian: muarka, muarca
- English: amurca
- Italian: morchia
- → Portuguese: amurca
- Spanish: morga, murga
- → Spanish: amurca
- → Russian: аму́рка (amúrka)
- Venetian: morga
References
- “amurca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “amurca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- amurca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
amurca f (plural s)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amurca. Doublet of morga and murga.
Pronunciation
Noun
amurca f (plural amurcas)
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